Iraq Vet Injured in Occupy Oakland Clash Needs Surgery
Scott Olsen, a two-tour Iraq War Vet and now a critically-injured Oakland Occupier, is recovering.
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Scott Olsen, the Iraq War veteran and Occupy Oakland protester who sustained a skull fracture Wednesday after a police threw a projectile at him, "has woken up and is lucid as he awaits surgery," The Guardian reports.
Scott Olsen, a two-tour Iraq War Vet and now a critically-injured Oakland Occupier, is recovering.
Scott Olsen survived two tours in Iraq, but is in a hospital with critical injuries because of a confrontation between Occupy Oakland protesters and police.
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